La Selva Beach Library

The renovated La Selva Beach Library is a reinvention of a cluttered coast side branch library for the County of Santa Cruz. The building has been stripped down to the essential structural elements, natural daylight is maximized, and the layout is re-imagined for maximum flexibility. The material palette is light, airy, with a few careful bursts of color and fun.

Awards:

2023 AIA San Francisco: Citation Award, Architecture

2022 AIA California Design Awards: Special Commendation, Design for Change

“A solid sustainable transformation effort to renovate rather than replace – this project revealed the potential that was there in an incredible way.” – 2022 AIA California Design Awards Jury

Credit: Photography by David Wakely